Music, dance and craft-making help you discover your creativity and develop confidence in your self-expression ability to make things.

You will also learn how to collaborate on creating a transformative learning experience for others!

Your final group project will be to showcase your learnings by creating an event that integrates all you have learned and tests your new skills and knowledge with a real-world application.

Gift Academy’s visionary curriculum meets Life Project’s holistic education for a high school journey that is future-focused, personalized, and grounded in community. Students learn by doing—addressing pressing global challenges, developing their full range of intelligences, and building meaningful connections with mentors and peers.

Growth is measured through portfolios, real-world projects, and mentor feedback—not just grades. 

high school accelerator 

cultural gatherings + curated workshops

Imagine being part of a community where living in harmony—with yourself, the Earth, and others—is not just a goal but a daily practice.

Experience what it means to build meaningful, authentic relationships. Deepen your understanding of human connection and embrace the responsibility we all share in creating a thriving, interconnected community.

Here, you’re not just learning about community—you’re living it, every day.

At the heart of Gift Academy is a living tradition of coming together—seasonal gatherings, curated workshops, and immersive celebrations that weave connection, learning, and joy. 

Whether you’re joining a cacao ceremony by the river, learning ancestral wisdom, participating in a community design charrette, or dancing under the stars, these gatherings are where inspiration becomes action and strangers become kin.

More than a course, this is a living laboratory where you’ll clarify your vision and learn real-world skills for creating thriving, resilient place-based projects.  Guided by mentors who have lived the journey—not just dreamed it—you’ll learn what truly makes these projects succeed or fail, gaining hands-on tools in cultural therapy, social architecture, and environmental design.

 Join a circle of peers committed to regenerating people, planet, and purpose—together.

At The Academy, you’re not just a student; you’re a seeker, an explorer of your own limitless potential. 

Introspective journeys, classroom training and collaborative projects create a transformative process that transcends traditional education

Through dialogue, lectures, demonstrations, scenario-based learning, debates and independent study, you'll be inspired to stretch beyond your comfort zone to embrace new perspectives and ways of knowing.

 deepen roots, expand skills, and co-create a thriving culture

Future-Ready High School program for Global Changemakers

a new earth incubator for projects that regenerate people, planet and purpose